Smart TVs are getting a thumbs-down from early adopters, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics' Digital Home Observatory. The study, "Online Video Lead Adopters Bypass the Smart TV with Personal Devices", offers an ...
Tags: Smart TV, Consumer Electronics
LG is using a new video to promote an Aug. 7 event in New York City, evidently to unveil its new G2 smartphone running a faster Snapdragon 800 processor. The G2 would be the successor to the Optimus G, first launched last September with a ...
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SoftBank plans to invest $16 billion in capital improvements at Sprint in the next two years, CEO Masayoshi Son said days before the acquisition closes on Wednesday. Separately, as expected, Clearwire's shareholders on Monday approved ...
The technology to implement Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) is maturing , but mobile operators won't roll out telephony services in earnest until 2015. At the same time apps like Skype and Fring are growing quickly in popularity, according to ...
Fabless envelope tracking (ET) semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK and specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
From Clerkenwell, London, a new product called Keasy stands to make Blackberry's position in the smartphone market ever more fragile with the introduction of an on-screen physical keyboard. Blackberry's hold on the business market has ...
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When it comes to the displays of our smartphones and tablets, Corning is definitely one of the major players, if not the biggest when it comes to supplying manufacturers with tough glass displays for use with their products. Now it looks ...
Tags: Glass, Resistant Glass, Construction
The Strategy Analytics forecast, "Handset Data Traffic (2001-2017)," predicts strong growth in data traffic to mobile phones for the coming 5 years. This presents network challenges for carriers to ensure end user satisfaction with ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Dialog Semiconductor has announced plans to acquire iWatt, a provider of digital-centric power management ICs, for as much as US$345 million. Dialog said it will pay approximately US$310 million in cash, plus up to US$35 million in ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA – says that at its Annual General & ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, solar operations
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that, even at high temperatures and high currents, its new MicroSideled 3806 ensures stable light conditions on the display. The brightness of the light-emitting diode, which is ...
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Computerworld - Apple's anticipated iWatch and Google Glass have provoked plenty of headlines, but a recent poll shows that a majority of well-heeled Americans with college degrees wouldn't consider buying or wearing such devices. The ...
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The US government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has built flexible solar cells out of Corning’s Willow Glass. These new solar cells are strong enough that they could eventually replace roofing shingles, which would ...
Nokia is expected to launch a follow-up to its 41-megapixel 808 PureView running Windows Phone a week from now, a move that will give the struggling phone vendor a much needed boost, according to one analyst. The smartphone, now rumored ...
Tags: 41-Megapixel Lumia, Nokia
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) says that it is leveraging ...
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